YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
by Mehmet C. Oz, Michael F. Roizen
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Author: Mehmet C. Oz, Michael F. RoizenEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-01
ISBN: 0060765313
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Collins
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Book Review: Impressive Guidebook for the Body
Summary: 5 Stars
Dr. Mehmet Oz has a refreshingly honest approach to life. His "Tips for a Happy, Heart-Healthy Life" have appeared in the Reader's Digest and his wisdom promotes a preventative approach. He is a renowned heart surgeon who is now the professor and vice-chairman of surgery at Columbia University. His energy is very evident in the writing and his tips encourage practical and easy-to-accomplish lifestyle changes.
Throughout this book you will find information on how to realize your "RealAge." This concept was created by Michael F. Roizen, M.D. who is also the author of the bestseller, RealAge. He enjoys encouraging people to live longer and has a deep understanding of internal systems.
The authors begin by comparing our bodies to the structure of a house and then provide a short "BQ" Quiz. I did not break any Jeopardy records but did enjoy the humor. After the Quiz, you will encounter myths about heart health and then take the rather challenging "Brain Test." The main chapters include:
Your Body, Your Home: Super Health
The Beat Goes On: Your Heart and Arteries
Do You Mind: Your Brain and Nervous System
Motion Control: Your Bones, Joints, and Muscles
To a Lung and Healthy Life: Your Lungs
Gut Feelings: Your Digestive System
Sex Marks the Spot: Your Sexual Organs
Common Sense: Your Sensory Organs
Sick Sense: Your Immune System
The Gland Is Your Gland: Your Hormones
Hell Cells: Cancer
The Owner's Manual Diet
YOU: The Owner's Manual is brimming with popular culture references, explanations that make complete sense and explanations for why disease occurs in the first place. Can you prevent disease with simple lifestyle changes? Is it truly that easy? The authors explore the many benefits of aspirin, explain LDL Cholesterol, promote the benefits of walking and even explain the details of why supplements and foods prevent disease.
You may find yourself buying more "Philodendrons," or considering the Smoking Cessation Plan. There are frank discussions about digestion that are so needed for our health.
How do our thoughts and health connect? Is it more than psychological? Are there true biological reasons this occurs? The authors sweep away the mystery and cleverly explain the connection between the brain and body. Can your thoughts truly boost your immune system?
The Index is helpful for revisiting chapters containing information on topics like: alpha hydroxyl acid, acupuncture, aging, antioxidants, antibiotics, asthma, back pain, beta-blockers, blood pressure, diabetes, bone density, brain function, breast cancer, caffeine, chronic pain, coenzyme Q10, conception, depression, enzymes, exercise, estrogen, headaches, heart disease, hormones, insomnia, tears, laughter, menopause, metabolism, migraines, olive oil, pheromones, posture, reproduction, supplements, thyroid disorders and even wrinkle prevention.
The concept of "apoptosis" was completely new to me and throughout this book you may find yourself in awe of biological processes and body functions. They also answer questions like:
Why do we feel less stressed after we cry?
What is the real reason for yawning?
If you have tremors, what is one of the main reasons?
What do Avocados, Beets and Dates have in common?
Should I take aspirin with warm or cold water?
Can you outgrow Mitral Valve Prolapse?
How many times should we eat Fish in a week?
Which healing oil helps to clean out the arteries?
YOU: The Owner's Manual seems to present the facts in order to inspire a sense of appreciation for our miraculous bodies. The authors present entertaining myths that we have all too often accepted as complete fact and use humor throughout to lighten the topics that are very easy to understand without any prior knowledge of the subjects.
Reading this book will open up entire new realms of medical knowledge that can benefit you immediately. The amusing illustrations guide you through the heart, brain, sensory organs and immune system.
The chapter on The Owner's Manual Diet has a Activity Plan for exercise that includes walking, biking, swimming, resistance training, stretching, yoga and deep breathing exercises. There are tips for how much to eat and drink, which foods to eat when (breakfast, snacks, beverages, lunch, dinner, dessert), and a Suggested Ten-Day Schedule that organizes all the recipes into days.
The recipe for Double Strawberry Blender Blast has three ingredients. A gourmet meal of Shitake Mushroom and Asparagus Frittata with Smoked Salmon helps to increase the Omega-3 fatty acids in your diet and Roasted Chicken with Pesto Gemelli is easy to make when you are low on time to make dinner or lunch. Each recipe has the calories, fat, aging fats, cholesterol, fiber, carbohydrates, protein, sodium and potassium information per serving.
I have been wishing for a book like this for years and finally it arrived. This book contains everything your doctor doesn't have time to explain in an office visit and it is perfect to read before your next appointment. You will know how your body works and which questions will benefit you over the long term.
~The Rebecca Review
P.S. You might also enjoy The Metabolic Plan
if the antiaging aspects intrigue you.
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Summary of YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
Between your full-length mirror and high-school biology class, you probably think you know a lot about the human body. While it's true that we live in an age when we're as obsessed with our bodies as we are with celebrity hairstyles, the reality is that most of us know very little about what chugs, churns, and thumps throughout this miraculous, scientific, and artistic system of anatomy. Yes, you've owned your skin-covered shell for decades, but you probably know more about your cell-phone plan than you do about your own body. When it comes to your longevity and quality of life, understanding your internal systems gives you the power, authority, and ability to live a healthier, younger, and better life.
You: The Owner's Manual challenges your preconceived notions about how the human body works and ages, then takes you on a tour through all of the highways, back roads, and landmarks inside of you. After taking a quiz that tests your body of knowledge, you'll learn about all of your blood-pumping, food-digesting, and keys-remembering systems and organs.
Just as important, you'll get the facts and advice you need to keep your body running long and strong. You'll find out how diseases start and how they affect your body -- as well as advice on how to prevent and beat conditions that threaten your quality of life. Complete with exercise tips, nutritional guidelines, simple lifestyle changes, and alternative approaches, You: The Owner's Manual gives you an easy, comprehensive, and life-changing how-to plan for fending off the gremlins of aging. To top it off, you'll also get the great-tasting and calorie-saving Owner's Manual Diet -- a thirty-recipe eating plan that's designed with only one goal in mind: to help you live a younger life.
Welcome to your body. Why don't you come on in and take a look around?
If there ever was a pair of docs who can make the small intestine seem truly intriguing, here they are. Dr. Mehmet Oz is an alternative-medicine maverick and a cardiologist known to implement acupuncture during open-heart surgery. Dr. Michael Roizen developed the RealAge concept of calculating one's biological, as opposed to chronological, age. Here they've whipped up a witty guide to the workings of the entire body, appropriate not just for those who can't tell their pancreas from their pituitary. Even Cheers? Cliff Claven types who think they know it all will likely be humbled by the 50-question "body-quotient" quiz that starts off the book.
With much sassy humor (they describe the adrenals as similar in shape to Mr. Potato Head's hat), they give a guided tour of the body's anatomy and major systems (hormonal, nervous, digestive, sensory, etc.) including plenty of fascinating trivia along the way. How often should you get your thyroid level checked? How much gas does the average person produce in a day? And, most important, how many times a year do most people have sex?? Drs. Oz and Roizen know. They also reveal plenty of bizarre (and potentially life-saving) facts such as this: If your earlobe has a prominent vertical wrinkle, it's likely that your arteries are aging faster than they ought to be. If only 8th-grade health class had been this fun.
The docs' main goal in presenting all this info is twofold: first, it's your body, so shouldn't you finally learn how it works? And, second, they want to help teach ways of preserving the body's health and youthfulness. To that end, they've included an "Owner's Manual Diet," a 10-day menu plan designed not for weight loss, but to make you feel "years younger." Its simple recipes are each meant to benefit a certain body system, such as Tomato Bruschetta, packed with the antioxidant lycopene, which has been proven to boost immunity. --Erica Jorgensen
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